diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index db53bb6a7..8feba71ab 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -59,11 +59,9 @@ jobs:
           WEBHOOK_PAYLOAD: ${{ toJSON(github.event) }}
           SQS_REGION: us-east-1
           SQS_QUEUE_URL: "https://sqs.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/933752197999/schutzbot_webhook_sqs-staging"
-          AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.WEBHOOK_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
-          AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.WEBHOOK_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
         run: |
           #!/bin/bash
-          pip3 install boto3
+          pip3 install boto3 botocore
           schutzbot/send_webhook.py
 
   shellcheck:
diff --git a/schutzbot/send_webhook.py b/schutzbot/send_webhook.py
index abb76ff67..b4e8c3891 100755
--- a/schutzbot/send_webhook.py
+++ b/schutzbot/send_webhook.py
@@ -4,13 +4,21 @@ import json
 import os
 
 import boto3
+from botocore import UNSIGNED
+from botocore.client import Config
 
 WEBHOOK_PAYLOAD = os.environ.get("WEBHOOK_PAYLOAD")
 EVENT_NAME = os.environ.get("EVENT_NAME")
-SQS_REGION = os.environ.get("SQS_REGION")
 SQS_QUEUE_URL = os.environ.get("SQS_QUEUE_URL")
+SQS_REGION = os.environ.get("SQS_REGION")
 
-sqs = boto3.client('sqs', region_name=SQS_REGION)
+sqs = boto3.client(
+    'sqs',
+    region_name=SQS_REGION,
+    config=Config(
+        signature_version=UNSIGNED
+    )
+)
 
 payload = json.loads(WEBHOOK_PAYLOAD)
 message = {